On building a theatre / Stage construction and equipment for small theatres, schools and community

by Irving Pichel

Arthur S. Meloy, Theatres and Motion Picture Houses. New York: Architects’ Supply and Publishing Company, 1916.

William Paul Gerhard, Theatres: Their Safety from Fire and Panic, Their Comfort and Healthfulness. New York: Baker and Taylor, 1915.

Arthur Edwin Krews, Play Production in America. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916.
(Contains brief but comprehensive chapters on stage machinery, lighting, and other technical matters.)

Bühnen Beleuchtung System Fortuny.
(Describes the important Fortuny lighting system.)

SCENERY

Edward Gordon Craig, Towards a New Theatre: Forty Designs for Stage Scenes. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1913.

Jacques Rouché, L’Art Théâtrale Moderne. Paris: Edouard Cornély & Cie., 1910.

Sheldon Cheney, The Art Theatre. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1917.

Hiram Kelly Moderwell, The Theatre of To-Day. New York: John Lane Company, 1914.

Theatre Arts Magazine. 1916 to date.
(Contains several hundred illustrations of stage settings, stage plans, etc.)